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DAILY STOCKMARKET REPORT 22 August 2008

Markets
London - The FTSE 100 is currently 37 points higher at 5,407.2 this morning. Lloyds TSB tops the risers board, gaining 3.3% while International Power tops the fallers board, down 1.3%.

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DAILY STOCKMARKET REPORT 21 August 2008

Markets
London - The FTSE is currently 43 points lower at 5,328.8 with banks among the biggest fallers on renewed credit worries. Miners top the risers board as a result of firmer metal prices.

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New tougher sanctions for breaches of the Data Protection Act

The Information Commissioner’s Office has recently been given the power to impose substantial fines on organisations that deliberately or recklessly commit serious breaches of the Data Protection Act. There have been warnings that, in the future, prison sentences may even be imposed. In a report by the Information Commissioner’s Office last year, the [...]

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DAILY STOCKMARKET REPORT 20 August 2008

Markets
London - The FTSE is currently 40.5 points higher at 5360.9. Tullow Oil leads the risers board after UBS upgraded the stock to ‘buy’ from ‘neutral’ on valuation grounds.

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DAILY STOCKMARKET REPORT 19 August 2008

Markets
London - The FTSE 100 is currently 61.6 points lower at 5,388.6 reflecting sharp falls overnight on Wall Street and in Asia, with banks under pressure again amid worries that the worst of the credit crisis is not over. HBOS claims the top faller spot, down 4.5% with RBS close behind, down 4.3%.

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